As part of its continuous efforts to reach out to the Seguin community, Texas Lutheran University will host its third annual CHAOS Chemistry Night on Thursday.

The acronym CHAOS is Chemistry Happens with Adventurous Outstanding Scientists, chemistry professor Dr. Allison Bray said. It is a hands-on event where we will have chemists doing science for K-12 students in the community. We will also be doing some high-powered chemistry demonstrations, but also tie it back to a theme this year, which is the chemistry of the earth.

TLU hosts this event because the science department enjoys sharing its knowledge with the community, Bray said.

Its difficult with the federal curriculum in schools to incorporate a lot of large-scale science and hands-on science, she said. We figured this was a way for us to share what we know with the community, and its also a great opportunity for our students to act as teachers and practice explaining science to the younger generation and hopefully get them excited and help them to be scientists, as well.

The event will include multiple stations both outside and inside, Bray said.

Well have one that includes art, so a station of rust and rust paintings. They can create their own rust very quickly, she said. Students are going to have the opportunity to make snowflakes, which is tricky in Texas of course. Theres also a room where they can experience all sorts of glow-in-the-dark items.

Bray said the event will be a great learning opportunity for students.

The kids will not only be learning about science, but theyll also be having fun doing it, she said. It tends to be a very exciting and dramatic event with really unusual experiments.

Director of Marketing and Communications Ashlie Ford said TLU holds events like this as an outreach to the community.

We welcome them on our campus and we really see ourselves as a community partner, she said. This is another way we can share the expertise of our faculty with children and their family, particularly to spark interest in the sciences.

The CHAOS Chemistry Night is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Jackson Park Student Activity Center.

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